God, Our Father, Has Every Right To Judge

 The principle teaching of this passage, is equally relevant for believers today as it was during these early days of the Church. The drunken and disorderly behavior exhibited by the Christians in Corinth, when celebrating in the Lord's Supper, can easily be replicated by Christians today if they come together to break bread nursing a grievance within their heart.
 The Lord's Supper should never be approached frivolously or carelessly. It should rather be undertaken with a clear conscience and a sincere heart of grateful thanks for all that Christ has done for us- we have been bought with a price - the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Indeed, as God's blood-bought children, we should examine our own hearts and consciences to see if we are in fellowship with the Lord or if some unconfessed sin has separated us from enjoying close communion with our Heavenly Father, which is the privilege, if not the practice, of all believers.
 God, Our Father, Has Every Right To Judge our lives and discipline us when we do not adhere to His will as laid out in Scripture. He loves us too much to permit us to go on sinning. Although sin can never remove us from our eternally secure position in Christ, it can affect our day-to-day relationship with the Lord.
 May we be ready and willing to examine ourselves to see if we are walking in spirit and truth. May we all have a teachable spirit and learn all that God would teach us from His chastening work in our life - so that we may grow in grace and mature in the faith, to the glory of God the Father.
1 Corinthians 11:32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that You love us so much that Your punishment is not designed to harm us, but to return us into precious fellowship with Yourself. Help us to keep a short rein on our sins and confess them quickly to You. We pray that we will be teachable and learn every lesson that You would give us, through Your chastening program. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.